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From: halbert@grenada.UUCP (Halbert Stone)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Simple one evening project
Keywords: IBM, PC, floppy drive, LED, in use, color, density
Message-ID: <876@grenada.UUCP>
Date: 26 Oct 90 00:40:14 GMT
References: <1990Oct23.162706.10585@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> <6484@uceng.UC.EDU>
Reply-To: halbert@grenada.uu.net (Halbert Stone)
Organization: Island Graphics, Santa Rosa, California
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Yes this is great!  I have just begun to reawaken my desire to tinker; I used 
to about 18 years ago... boy things have changed...

I would like to see more **Simple Projects** and please don't assume I know 
much about the particular parts you might think of as generic... The basic
concepts are still unchanged but the parts used these days are very different
(In the old days bread boarding with a couple of transistors was exciting.)
I was not able to continue doing that sort of thing until recently so I'm a 
bit lost.

I would like to start using my XT clone in projects which would monitor and 
respond to changes; to learn about data acquisition and hardware control.

I saw a recent posting about building a transmitter like the garage door opener.
That sort of thing could be controlled via the computer to transmit various
codes which would be specific signals to activate a variety of things without
wires!  Gee where do I start...?

I'll continue to read here and learn...  

Thanks,
Hal Stone